The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-10-28

Probably no trial which hes ever CO.
eupiel the attention Of American coerss
has attracted - gorl6-wido oeeeot5on.
- chat % the Chicago AnaFohistA 4
lhrln o. hohor passed through every
oaerloe'o heart when tho news Of the
murder o. he police By Tie red nag i'm
porealIons from The slome Of European
deopo,i~ms Was flashed over the wires,
aod I'll IibeFsy flowing men said q once
anarchy Dust have no place ID the
United Ststes- Laws must BE- respected
and enforced, and those Who ere OPP
posed 10 al laws have no place among
~. The trial or the alleged murderers
was watched with Intense interest. and
whea he Jury brought II verdict a.
1xing Tie death penalty Il met with gem
era1 approval. We hope this approval
. net II the least abated. but the reso-
buttons Of numerous labor and socialist
societies.. throughout the country. show
thar ~ unexAmpled sympathy has been
worked up for the condemned men.
Large sums Of money, Il Il said -.
gregatIng over $4,000. have been raised
BY contributions to employ cosnsel q
bring The case before the U. s. Sopremt
Court. and eudesvor to have the verdict
% death ct aside on technical groundo
Yesterday Was Get for hearing the argu
uouto q Warrington City upon the mo
ton OF anarchist couusel that the Unito(
etatos Court assume Jurisdiction. Sen
r. 4. Prior and Ben. y. Butler have beer
retained By the anarchists, for their side
while he Attorney General OF IlliDoi
will assist the Attorney General Of th'
United States IN behalf Of the proeecu
fIon. The grounds assumed upon Whicl
d % claimed the verdict should b -
asido, ~ sustained by the court, vii
work a important revolution IN erin
inal practice throughout The country
md make Il much more diGlcult % pro
cure convictions hereafter. They arl
briefly, that the constitution Of the Unl
ted slates Was violated By not accord
Ing them Z trial before impartial juror
and By usipg their own sdmissions mad
% others - evidence against them q th
sriol, and By obtaining certain paper
which belonged to The condemned mes
and which were used - evidence On d
Trial by The prosecution, without do
DGoceoe Of law.
The sustaIniog or either Of these ples
would necessitste : change In the Grim
NAL practice throughout the country
md il either Of the last proposition
would 90 fer 10 destroy the perniciou
sdetective' system which has fsstene
llself up0n the country, and which d
ponds for is existence principally upo
Worming by deceit admissions from su
pocsed criminals, or steaIthily gettiu
hold q evidence belonging to suspect
Scarcely term Of court passes but SON
enc Il convicted upon admissions draw
from them By parties whom they do u
Suspect, and II the constitutional prov
sion thal no p9rs0n sshall Be compelIe
, - my criminal case, to be : Witne
against himself" shall b held 10 mes
that admissions 20 others shall not
used against them, than criminal mig
boast Of bis crimes. without danger. n
Do not believe the United States 6opreu
Court will countonance any such col
oeruction. - 4 would 60 long ways
justify mob Law II punishIng prisoner
81 they have any moro shields throw
about them than the State Law now {
cords. The suarchists should hang.